During shipboard fire-fighting operations a crewmember attempted to fight a fire using a 15lb CO2 extinguisher, but the extinguisher failed to properly discharge and only seeped from the neck of ...

Finally, for carbon dioxide extinguishers, due to high pressure, they require hydro-static testing and internal inspection ...

For example, magnesium burns brighter immersed in carbon dioxide than it does in air. Blow a CO2 fire extinguisher at gently burning magnesium shavings, and the pile will suddenly burn much hotter ...